BBC America’s Survivors: Could we have just one zombie, pretty please?

Previously, on Survivors, Abby set off on her own and bad things happened. Did Abby learn her lesson? No. Did Abby’s housemates sit her down and convince her not to set off on her own again? No. So what does Abby do in Saturday’s episode? Sets off on her own.

This time, she’s headed to Waterhouse Estate, where Samantha Willis told her there may be children. There are indeed children there, boys who are dangerously close to Lord of the Flies territory, and the youngest boy has the name Peter. Could Abby be thisclose to reuniting with her son?

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Such a civilized little gang of ruffians, with their blazers and bows and arrows.

Turns out, the boys are squatting on the estate and the rightful owner, Jimmy, wants them gone. He’s living in a cave nearby and waging a sort of psychological war against the boys. During one such battle, one of the boys shoots Jimmy in the leg with an arrow. He runs to the road and into, you guessed it, Abby. She drives off with him and he convinces her to come back to his cave for tea. Oh, the Brits and their tea.

The next morning, Abby goes to the estate and demands to see Peter. The boys, who spied her giving Jimmy a lift the day before, don’t trust her much. They tell her that if she shows them Jimmy’s hideout, she can see her son. Peter runs down the stairs to Abby. Turns out, he’s the wrong Peter, which devastates both Abby and Wrong Peter. Everyone but the ringleader starts to feel sorry for Abby and wants to let her go. She convinces them to talk with Jimmy, before someone really gets hurt. Abby leaves and rejoins Jimmy, who wines and dines her, then takes her skinny dipping. They splash, they kiss… end scene.

Back at the house, Tom and Sarah decide to join Samantha and her community at the eco center. They convince Al and Najid to go with them, despite Greg and Anya’s reminder that Samantha shoots thieves in the head. So she’s a bit strict, they say. Willis welcomes them and tells them that there’s only one rule: You reap what you sow. Tom sees an opportunity to get in tight with Samantha but her head of security, Gavin, isn’t having it. You see, he can smell the prison stank coming off of Tom.

When Al arrives late for breakfast the next day, and has the audacity to sing a little song while he eats his oatmeal, Samantha asks him to leave. Najid sticks up for Al, but Tom and Sarah keep mum. Tom gives him a partial lift home – would it have killed him to take him all the way back?! – and Al decides to circle back around to the eco center and break Najid out. He sneaks in and asks Najid if he wants to come back to the house with him. Najid says yes and as they are leaving, Sarah comes in, and Al convinces her not to wake Tom. He wakes anyway and a shirtless Tom chases Al and Najid into the night.

Al and Najid get away, but while outside Samantha spies Tom’s prison tattoo. He says he got it in the army, but Samantha isn’t buying it and invites Tom to her place for a drink. She says because he didn’t come clean about his past, she has to ask him to leave. He does, but not before wrapping his hand around Gavin’s throat and letting him know that he could kill him, but he won’t. Tom grabs Sarah and they head out. They meet Al and Najid on the road, where Tom apologizes to Al for selling him out.

Abby convinces Jimmy to meet with the boys at the estate. They whack him on the back of the head with a paddle and tie him up. Abby says, “I trusted you!” Of course you did, Abby. Jimmy gets himself loose and in the mayhem, the leader stabs Wrong Peter. Jimmy takes charge and saves his life and it looks like they will all live happily ever after together at Waterhouse. He asks Abby to stay but she must leave to continue her search for Peter.

At the end of the episode, everyone ends up back at the house, safe and sound. Is this blogger the only one who has grown tired of Abby’s reckless behavior and blind trust of anyone and everyone she meets? Of the way Tom flip flops between selfish creep and stand up guy, with the subtlety of a brick? There are no serious consequences for any of the characters, which doesn’t ring true given the circumstances and doesn’t allow them to adapt fully to their new world.

You know what would make an awesome serious consequence? A zombie. One that would eat Abby during one of her solo excursions. That would teach all of the survivors a thing or two about living in a post-apocalyptic world.